I haven't, nor do I intend to ask D* about it... That's why I asked here, first and foremost to see if it was just something I was missing... If it's not, then hopefully it's coming... If it isn't even on the plate (not sure why their page says that if not) then maybe they'll see the mention and...

Correct, but weekends excluded (because of the CE stuff) it generally follows pretty similar patterns... So if you look at what time a particular firmware was last available, generally that same window will be used for it next time it's on the stream.

If you read the follow up post where I gave the site, you'll see that you most certainly can know at any given moment exactly WHAT software is in the stream for any given receiver. As for knowing what a particular software does, it isn't that hard to figure out... It's not like they are going...

The site is auto-updated using one of the old PCI sat cards to rip the stream and analyze it moment to moment. It's completely automated... It's not like it's being updated by hand.

I won't dignify you or your God with an answer... Instead I'll take the same approach I take with my wife when she's being ridiculous and simply ignore you. Actually that's not fair... I don't always ignore her... Last time she asked me to please try to see things from her view point... I...

Trust me, he spends plenty of time outside, between playing soccer, t-ball, and with his friends. He is only allowed 1 hour of tv a night and 3 hours on weekend days... He has a wild independence streak which we choose to nurture rather than stifle. He wants to be able to do things for...

I tell ya what... You spend a week in my home... Familiarize yourself with my child, his behavior, our parenting, what settings and restrictions we have on what material he can view, how much tv he is allowed to watch, etc... Once you've done that, you can go ahead and comment on how you think...

I'm not quite sure I follow... They aren't doing anything... Other than in the description it DOES mention a "visual browsing experience" which is SORT of there in the My DirecTV menu option, but it lacks a lot of what it could be... What I'm suggesting is not to make this the default for...

With the Firmware Watcher... So for example, looking in the HR section you can see that for the HR24-500 the 0x576 software was on the stream from about 2:51am (pacific) till about 3:56am (pacific) this morning...

Sort of, but... Have a look at this url... New HD On-Screen Guide About half way down the page you'll see the part that talks about the "Visual Browsing Experience", and the text states: "Movie posters and icons replace just plain text to make browsing a visual pleasure. Plus you'll find...

7 Not to be argumentative here, but I'll have to disagree. I wanted the new 0x575 (HD guide) firmware. I was GOING to utilize the CE window, but they didn't do a CE for the HR24's this weekend. Instead I monitored the stream and waited for 0x576 to become available on the stream... That...

hrmm... it's possible... I just grabbed 0x586 this morning and haven't really had a lot of time to play with it... I'm in the garage catching up on some work and usually fire up my laptop to watch a few DVR'd shows.... Tonight every time I try to play something it gives me the "Sorry someone is...

Sorry if this has been asked before, but my search didn't turn up any results if it had. Aside from the fact that I enjoy beta testing software, so the CE program was great, one of the other reasons I really wanted to get the new HD guide was because of the mentioned "Visual Browsing...